Submit Your Manuscript to Steel Toe Books

Steel Toe Books selects manuscripts through open reading periods.  Our next open reading period will be January 1-31, 2009.  In an effort to diversify our catalog, during this reading period we will only be considering manuscripts by ethnic minorities and first-generation immigrant, non-native speakers of English.

During our October 2008 open reading period, we received 52 manuscripts, from which we selected one for publication (Domestic Fugues by Richard Newman).

Submission process:

There is no reading fee for authors who submit during our open reading periods, but we ask everyone who submits to purchase one of our existing titles directly from us. On the Steel Toe Books online Order Form, select one or more books to order and fill out the form. Print out the completed form, and send it, along with:

• a check or money order for the selected book
• a copy of your 48-80 page manuscript for consideration
• an acknowledgements page
• a cover page with your contact information

Do not send a SASE for notification.  Upon selecting a new title, we will make an announcement on the web site, on our News page.

Mail the packet to:

Steel Toe Books
c/o Tom C. Hunley
Department of English
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1086

 

For information on the manuscripts selected in the last open reading period, or for more about what's going on at Steel Toe Books, see our news page.